NASA Research Announcement. An NRA is used to announce research interests in support of NASA's programs. After peer or scientific review, based on factors in the NRA, proposals are selected for funding. Unlike an RFP containing a statement of work or specification to which offerors are to respond, an NRA provides for the submission of competitive project ideas, conceived by the offerors, in one or more program areas of interest. NRAs may result in grants, contracts or cooperative agreements.

NASA Research Announcement, an announcement that science proposals to NASA are solicited. NRAs generally involve basic scientific research with end-products that are expected to be published in the scientific literature. These are smaller programs than AOs (see above) or RFPs (see below).

National Regulatory Authority. This is the body or bodies, that are legally distinct and functionally independent from the telecommunications organisations. They are charged by a Member State with the supervision of, elaboration of and compliance with, the telecoms authorisations.

The National Restaurant Association is the leading business association for the restaurant industry, which include 858,000 restaurants and 11.8 million employees in the US. NRA works to represent, educate and promote the industry.

NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE. 1.Â For employment purposes the age at which the employees holding a particular position normally retire from service. This is often (but not always) the same as normal pension age or definition 2 below. The statutory term is â€œnormal retiring ageâ€ used in s109 (unfair dismissal) and s156 (redundancy) of the Employment Rights Act 1996. 2. Â The age of a member of an occupational pension scheme at the normal retirement date as specified in the scheme rules.